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THE GERMAN BOMBARDMENT OF HARTLE- 
POOL, WHITBY, AND SCARBOROUGH, 
16th December, 1914.* 
S. MARGERISON. 
The following correspondence in ‘The Yorkshire Post,’ 
from the rgth to the 26th December, 1914, is worthy of 
preservation :— 
AUS; SOP ID) CONT WSUS, GAUINIS), 
Here at a distance of about 35 miles from the coast, it was heard 
most distinctly and also caused considerable vibration to the 
houses. A westerly breeze was blowing at the time. 
Yours etc., H. B. DrREw. 
Sutton-on-the-Forest, Dec. 17th. 
The guns were heard so very distinctly about Eavestone, Sawley, 
Risplith, Studley, etc., that they must have been audible con- 
siderably further to the westward. From three local sources I 
have heard that the pheasants were highly excited in a peculiar 
manner, different from that caused by either sporting guns or 
thunder. These places are all about 55 miles from Hartlepool, 
Whitby, and Scarborough. 
Yours etc., SAML. MARGERISON. 
Risplith House, near Ripon, Dec. 19th, 1914. 
The firing was distinctly heard in Lunedale, about 50 miles due 
west of Hartlepool. A westerly breeze was blowing at the time, 
which makes it the more remarkable. I was in the Barnard Castle 
district, which is a little nearer, and a distinct tremor and vibration 
was noticeable. 
Yours etc., E. HARDY. 
Maylands, Garden Village, Hull, Dec. tg9th, 1914. 
I was on the Town Moor of Harrogate, quite close to the meteoro- 
logical hut, between 8-15 and 8-20 a.m. on Wednesday, the 16th 
inst., when I distinctly heard several smothered reports like the 
sound of large calibre gunfire. I listened attentively, and the 
reports were again audible. I did not count the number of reports 
but I should think I must have heard about 20. The morning was 
bright and clear, with the wind about west-north-west, so far as 
I could remember. 
Yours etc., ALISTER ALISON. 
36 Harlow Moor Drive, Harrogate, Dec. 19th, 1914. 
I had a man ploughing in a field in Parlington Parish who told me 
before dinner that he had heard heavy firing, north-east, between 
8 and 9 a.m., which ended as our school bell ceased. Distance by 
straight line, 50 miles. Birds of all kinds in a plantation near by 
were greatly disturbed: 
Yours etc., JNO. HEATON. 
Swan Farm, Aberford, near Leeds, Dec. 21st, 1914. 
* The Times has since had.a similar correspondence in reference to 
Lincolnshire, etc. —ED. 
‘Naturalist. 
